Araceae

204 species

Tropical family including arum lilies, philodendrons, and taro, a staple starch crop.

Aglaonema costatum

Spotted evergreen, Malay evergreen

Edible: Caution

Aglaonema philippinense

Aglaonema pictum

Indonesian evergreen

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Alloschemone inopinata

Alocasia acuminata

Edible: Leaves, Corms, Roots, Leaf stalk

Alocasia brisbanensis

Edible: Corm, Caution

Alocasia cucullata

Edible: Corms, Tubers, Leaves, Roots, Vegetable

Alocasia fallax

Edible: Leaves, Leaf stalk, Rhizome

Alocasia fornicata

Edible: Roots, Tuber, Corm, Leaf stalks, Flowers

Alocasia hollrungii

Alocasia lancifolia

Alocasia macrorrhizos

Edible: Rhizome, Root, Leaves, Leaf stalk, Corm, Vegetable

Alocasia navicularis

Edible: Corm, Root

Alocasia sanderiana

Edible: Caution

Amorphophallus abyssinicus

Black arum, Barter's arum

Edible: Leaves, Stem, Tuber, Roots, Corm

Amorphophallus albus

Amorphophallus angolensis subsp. maculatus

Edible: Tuber, Starch, Corm, Root

Amorphophallus aphyllus

Edible: Tubers, Corm, Root

Amorphophallus bhandarensis

Amorphophallus brevispathus

Erok, Short spathe voodoo lily

Amorphophallus bulbifer

Bulbifer corpse flower

Edible: Stalks, Tuber, Corm, Leaves, Stem, Buds, Bulbil

Amorphophallus commutatus

Dragon stalk yam

Edible: Leaves, Leaf stalk, Corm, Flowers, Root, Vegetable

Amorphophallus consimilis

Edible: Tubers - young, Corm, Root

Amorphophallus dracontioides

Gwazar giwa, Kinciyar

Edible: Corms, Tuber, Root

Amorphophallus gallaensis

Edible: Tubers, Root, Corm

Amorphophallus glabra

Snakeskin lily, Yellow lily yam

Edible: Tubers, Corm, Leaf stalks, Fruit, Root

Amorphophallus gomboczianus

Edible: Root, Tuber, Corm

Amorphophallus kachinensis

Edible: Tuber, Corm, Vegetable, Roots, Leaves

Amorphophallus konjac

Devil's tongue, Snake palm, Umbrella arum

Edible: Tuber, Corm, Flower stalks, Vegetable, Roots, Leaves

Amorphophallus konkanensis

Edible: Tuber, Corm, Root, Leaves

Amorphophallus koratensis

Edible: Leaf stalk, Vegetable

Amorphophallus lyratus

Edible: Roots, Corm

Amorphophallus margaritifer

Amorphophallus muelleri

Edible: Tubers, Corm, Root, Stem

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

Elephant foot yam

Edible: Tuber, Roots, Corm, Leaves, Leaf stalks, Vegetable

Amorphophallus prainii

Edible: Corms, Roots

Amorphophallus purpurascens

Edible: Bulb, Corm, Root, Stem

Amorphophallus saraburiensis

Amorphophallus stuhlmannii

Edible: Root, Corm

Amorphophallus sylvaticus

Edible: Tubers, Corms, Leaves, Petioles, Roots, Vegetable

Amorphophallus titanum

Amorphophallus variabilis

Pink lily, Stinking Snakeskin Lily

Edible: Tubers, Root, Corm, Leaves, Fruit

Amydrium medium

Medium amydrium

Anadendrum montanum

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Anaphyllum beddomei

Anchomanes difformis

Forest anchomanes

Edible: Tubers, Corm, Root

Anchomanes difformis var. pallidus

Edible: Tubers, Corm, Root

Anchomanes giganteus

Giant African titan aroid

Edible: Young sprouts, Vegetable

Anchomanes welwitschii

Savanna anchomanes

Edible: Root, Corm, Tuber

Anthurium breviscapum

Edible: Leaves, Tubers

Anthurium fosteri

Edible: Leaves - salt, Vegetable

Anthurium lancea

Anthurium sagittatum

Anthurium scandens

Pearl lace leaf

Anthurium triphyllum

Anthurium versicolor

Anubias barteri var. glabra

Ariopsis peltata

Shield leaf Ariopsis

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Arisaema amurense

Edible: Leaves, Root, Corm

Arisaema atrorubens

Jack-in-the-pulpit, Dragon root, Indian turnip

Edible: Corms, Fruit, Root

Arisaema concinnum

Chinese cobra lily

Edible: Corm, Tuber, Root

Arisaema costatum

Edible: Root, Corm, Leaves, Caution

Arisaema dracontium

Green dragon, Dragon root

Edible: Root, Corm

Arisaema erubescens

Blushing cobra lily

Edible: Leaves, Corm - caution, Root, Flowers, Stem

Arisaema heterophyllum

Dancing crane cobra lily

Arisaema jacquemontii

Jacquemont's cobra lily

Edible: Leaves, Root, Corm, Rhizome, Caution

Arisaema leschenaultii

Edible: Rhizome, Root, Corm

Arisaema murrayi

Murray's cobra lily

Edible: Corms, Root

Arisaema negishii

Japanese cobra lily

Edible: Root, Corm

Arisaema peninsulae

Arisaema quinatum

Five-leafed Jack-in-the-pulpit, Indian turnip

Edible: Root, Corm

Arisaema schimperianum

Ye-eregnich tila

Edible: Root, Tubers, Corm

Arisaema serratum

Edible: Leaves, Root, Corm

Arisaema speciosum

Edible: Corm, Root, Buds

Arisaema tortuosum

Jack-in-the-pulpit, Whipcord cobra lily

Edible: Root, Corms, Leaves, Vegetable, Leaf stalk

Arisaema triphyllum

Jack in the pulpit, Indian turnip

Edible: Root, Corm

Arisarum simorrhinum

Edible: Root, Corm, Tuber, Caution

Arisarum vulgare

Common Arisarum, Friar's cowl

Edible: Corm, Tuber, Root, Leaves, Vegetable

Arisarum vulgare var. veslingii

Arum byzantinum

Arum dioscoridis

Edible: Root, Corm, Tuber, Leaves

Arum elongatum subsp. detruncatum

Edible: Corm, Root

Italian Arum, Portland arrowroot, Large cuckoo pint

Edible: Root, Tuber, Corm, Leaves

Arum italicum subsp. albispathum

Cuckoo Pint, Lords and Ladies, Portland arrowroot

Edible: Roots, Leaves, Corm

Arum palaestinum

Black calla lily, Spotted arum

Caladium bicolor

Fancy-leaf caladium

Edible: Leaves, Tubers, Root, Seeds, Caution

Caladium giganteum

Caladium lindenii

Angel's wings, White vein arrow-leaf

Edible: Root, Tuber

Caladium schomburgkii

Edible: Rhizome, Root

Caladium x hortulanum

Calla palustris

Bog arum, Wild calla, Water arum, Water dragon

Edible: Fruit, Roots, Rhizome, Seeds, Leaves

Cercestis mirabilis

Edible: Leaf stalk, Leaves, Vegetable

Colocasia affinis

Black princess taro

Edible: Root, Corm, Leaves, Leaf stalks

Colocasia esculenta

Edible: Corm, Leaves, Stalks, Stem, Vegetable, Root, Flowers

Colocasia gigantea

Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Spice, Petioles, Leaf stalk, Flowers

Colocasia kotoensis

Colocasia laurentii

Edible: Leaf stalk

Colocasia lihengiae

Edible: Tuber, Corm, Root, Vegetable

Colocasia oresbia

Cryptocoryne ciliata

Cryptocoryne retrospiralis

Cryptocoryne spiralis

Culcasia falcifolia

Edible: Root, Corm

Culcasia scandens

Edible: Leaves - tea

Cyrtosperma johnstonii

Red veined leaf

Cyrtosperma macrotum

Cyrtosperma merkusii

Edible: Corms, Root, Leaves, Vegetable

Dracontium asperum

Edible: Tuber, Root, Corm

Dracontium margaretae

Edible: Corm, Root

Dracontium polyphyllum

Motley-stalked dragon-plant

Edible: Tuber, Root, Corm

Dracontium spruceanum

Edible: Tubers, Root

Dracunculus vulgaris

Stink Lily, Dragon Lily, Dragon arum

Edible: Root, Tuber, Corm

Eminium rauwolffii

Eminium spiculatum

Eminium, Friar's cowl

Edible: Root, Corm, Leaves

Epipremnum pinnatum

False Monsteriosa, Native Monstera

Edible: Leaf stalk starch, Fruit

Heteropsis flexuosa

Holochlamys beccarii

Homalomena philippinensis

Edible: Tubers, Root

Homalomena rostrata

Edible: Vegetable

Edible: Petioles

Lasimorpha senegalensis

Edible: Leaves, Leaves - flavouring, Vegetable, Leaf stalk

Gibbous Duckweed, Swollen duckweed, Windbags, Duckweed

Duckweed, Common duckweed

Lemna perpusilla

Monstera adansonii

Monstera adansonii subsp. laniata

Edible: Fruit ?

Montrichardia arborescens

Chinchin banana

Edible: Fruit, Roots, Seeds

Montrichardia linifera

Orontium aquaticum

Edible: Root, Seeds, Flowers

Peltandra sagittifolia

White Arrow Arum

Edible: Fruit, Root

Peltandra virginica

Green arrow arum

Edible: Flowers, Root, Seeds, Stems

Philodendron brasiliense

Philodendron hederaceum var. oxycardium

Philodendron remifolium

Edible: Leaves - flavouring

Philodendron squamiferum

Red bristle philodendron

Philodendron warscewiczii

Pinellia pedatisecta

Pinellia ternata

Edible: Root, Tuber, Caution

Pistia stratiotes

Water Lettuce, Nile cabbage

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable, Salt

Pothos hellwigii

Edible: Leaves - salt

Pothos longipes

Pothos, Candlestick vine

Pothos papuanus

Edible: Fruit, Shoots

Pothos scandens

Remusatia vivipara

Hitchhiker elephant ear

Edible: Leaves, Tubers, Root, Corms, Caution

Rhaphidophora australasica

Raphidophora, Needle berry

Edible: Medicine

Rhaphidophora decursiva

Creeping philodendron, Dangling tapanawa

Rhaphidophora lobbii

Akar asam tebing paya

Rhaphidophora pertusa

Rhodospatha latifolia

Rhodospatha moritziana

Sauromatum horsfieldii

Edible: Corms, Roots

Sauromatum venosum

Edible: Tubers, Root, Leaves, Stem

Schismatoglottis calyptrata

Edible: Leaves, Roots, Flowers, Fruit

Schismatoglottis wallichii

Edible: Root, Rhizome

Scindapsus cuscuaria

Edible: Corms, Root, Medicine

Spathicarpa hastifolia

Edible: Roots, Corms

Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum

Spathiphyllum commutatum

Spathiphyllum friedrichsthalii

Edible: Flowers, Fruit ?

Spathiphyllum phryniifolium

Guisnay, Huisnay

Edible: Leaves, Flowers

Spathiphyllum sp.

Spirodela polyrhiza

Great duckweed, Zi peng, Duckmeat

Spirodela polyrrhiza - (L.)Schleid.

Great Duckweed, Common duckmeat

Stylochaeton hypogaeum

Barter's round arum

Edible: Leaves, Roots, Spathe, Flowers, Vegetable

Stylochaeton lancifolium

Warnecke's ground arum

Edible: Roots, Corm, Leaves, Vegetable

Stylochaeton natalensis

Edible: Corm, Root

Symplocarpus foetidus

Skunk cabbage, Swamp cabbage, Stinking poke

Edible: Leaves, Root, Rhizome, Caution

Symplocarpus renifolius

Edible: Leaves, Caution

Synandrospadix vermitoxicus

Edible: Tubers, Root

Syngonium neglectum

Syngonium podophyllum

Edible: Fruit, Caution

Syngonium salvadorense

Edible: Fruit, Flowering shoot

Taccarum weddellianum

Edible: Corm, Root

Theriophonum dalzellii

Edible: Leaves, Tubers

Theriophonum fischeri

Theriophonum minutum

Typhonium alismifolium

Edible: Rhizome, Root, Corm

Typhonium angustilobum

Fire Lily, Black Arum

Edible: Rhizome, Root

Typhonium brownii

Black Arum lily

Typhonium bulbiferum

Edible: Leaves, Bulb, Root

Typhonium divaricatum

Edible: Bulbs, Leaves

Typhonium jonesii

Edible: Root, Tuber

Typhonium liliifolium

Edible: Roots, Corms

Typhonium trilobatum

Three-lobed Typhonium

Edible: Leaves, Tubers, Root, Rhizome, Vegetable, Flower stalks, Leaf stalk

Typhonodorum lindleyanum

Edible: Tubers, Root, Fruit - Seeds, Rhizome, Vegetable

Urospatha sagittifolia

Karabo, Picaton

Edible: Corm, Root

Wolffia arrhiza

Least duckweed, Spotless Watermeal, Rootless duckweed

Wolffia cylindracea

Edible: Leaves ?, Vegetable

Wolffia globosa

Edible: Plant, Leaves, Stem, Flowers

Xanthosoma belophyllum

Edible: Leaves, Root, Corm

Xanthosoma brasiliense

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Xanthosoma brevispathaceum

Xanthosoma caracu

White fleshed malanga

Edible: Leaves, Corms, Root

Xanthosoma jacquinii

Huitina, Uncucha

Edible: Leaves, Corms, Root

Xanthosoma riedelianum

Edible: Corm, Root

Xanthosoma robustum

Edible: Tubers, Root, Leaves

Xanthosoma sagittifolium

Chinese taro, Tannia, West Indian kale

Edible: Tubers, Root, Leaves, Vegetable, Leaf stalks, Stem

Xanthosoma striolatum

Edible: Root, Tuber

Xanthosoma taioba

Edible: Leaves, Root

Xanthosoma yucatanense

Edible: Corms, Root

Zantedeschia aethiopica

White Arum Lily

Edible: Leaves, Stems, Vegetable, Roots, Caution

Zantedeschia albomaculata

Arrow-leaved arum lily, Spotted calla lily

Zantedeschia rehmannii

Edible: Leaves, Caution